Toilet-paper dispenser



1. H. SELLERS.

TOILET PAPER DISEENSER.

1,383,245. h I I Patented June 28, 1921.

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JAMES H. SELLERS, OF OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONALSANITARY SERVICE COMPANY, OF OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA, A GORPORA- TION OFOKLAHOMA.

TOILET-PAPER DISPENSER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jauns H. SELLERS, a citizenof the United States, anda resident of the city, county, and State of Oklahoma, have invented anew and useful Invention in Toilet-Paper Dispenser, of which thefollowing is a specification;

This invention relates to what is known in the art as a coin-controlledvending apparatus, and pertains particularly to a dispenser for lavatoryaccessories, especially toilet-paper, or toilet paper and an appendagefor covering the lavatory seat.

It is an object of the invention to provide coin-controlled vendingmeans for supplying toilet accessories.

Other objects of the invention will appear from a more complete readingof the following specification, claims, and drawing.

On the sheet of drawings, accompanying and forming a part of thisspecification,

Figure 1 is a side elevation view of the device incorporating thefeatures of the invention,

Fig. 2 is a front view, fragmented, to show only the lower part of themachine, and,

Fig. 3 is a detailed, and enlarged view, showing the mechanismincorporated in said invention.

In these views, similar characters of reference indicate similar partsin the figures.

Journaled in the casing side walls a and 5 of a casing 6 is a shaft 7upon which is mounted a member 8 provided with a plurality of shoesradially disposed, and which may be manually revolved, at will, by aknurled head 11 situated on the outer side of the casing 6 and upon thesaid shaft 7, when the coin controlled mechanism is released, as will belater explained.

Pivotally mounted at 12 within the easing is a two-way lever having arms13 and 14, the extremity of one of which arms engages with a pin 15carried by the member 8 and the other with radial lugs 16 borne on theperiphery of said member 8. Thus when in normal position these leversholding against the lug 16 and pin 15 will lock the member againstrotation until such time as will be later set forth.

To maintain this two way member in a normal position, a spring 1.7 issecured. to one Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 28, 1921.

Application filed July 1, 1918. Serial No. 242,864.

of the levers or arms 1 1- and is secured also to a pin or stud 18carried by a plate 19 mounted upon the shaft and which becomes a part ofthe casing 6. Journaled at 20 in the side of the casing is a movablymounted lever 21 having an extended finger-piece 22 passing to theoutside of the casing at the front to be operated after the introducingof a coin into the slot 23 which will appear later.

This lever is under the control of a spring 26 which holds it in anelevated position, and to this lever is journaled a trip 25 having acatch 24; to take over a pin 27 upon the arm 14 of the two way lever.This trip 25 is held in normal and locking position to the pin 27 by aspring 28 secured to the trip and to a stud 29 on the lever which innormal and locking position is just behind the stud 16 on the member 8,so that now this member is held in locked position by the arm 13 againststud 16, by the pin 29 behind the opposite stud 16 and by the end oflever arm 14 againstthe stud or pin 15. When a coin 30 is dropped intothe slot 23 and passes down the chute 81 for delivery into the coin box82, which is locked inside of a door 33, this coin trips the trip 25releasing the latch 24 from the pin 27. This will give liberty ofmovement to the spring 17 which changes the position of the two waylever so that both arms thereof free the stud 16 and pin 15. The lever21 being depressed releases the pin 29 from the stud 16 and by use, now,of the head 11, the member 8 may be manually turned. The lever has beenreleased to take a normal position, and while the turning of the member8 takes place the upper pin 15 will ride on the face of the arm 14 andreturn it to a normal locking position, when the trip catch 24 will takethe pin 27 on the arm 1a and again lock it for repeated operations, thereseating of the catch being also assisted by a leaf spring 3 1, borneby the trip and bearing against the underside of the lower lug 16carried by member 8 as wellas against the periphery of that member.

As the shoes 9 and 10 make their radial sweep they alternately come intocontact with the article deposited in the magazine 34 and which rests ona shelf 35. This article may, of course, be any accessory and in thepresent case is a folded package 36 the end of which is overturned as at37 so that the shoe 9 or 10 can engage it and make a delivery along achute not shown to theoutside of the casing 6.

Having thus described this invention, claim:

1. A device for dispensing packages eom prisinga rotary member, meanscarried by said rotary member for engaging and delivering a package, atwo-Way member for controlling and releasing the rotary member, a leveradapted to lock said rotary member, and a coin operated trip mounted onsaid lever adapted to normally hold said two-Way member and said levereach in looking engagement with the rotary member.

having radial package engaging members and radial and face locking lugs,a locking member having tWo angularly disposed legs adapted to engagesaid radial and face looking lugs, respectively, a locking lever adaptedto engage said radial locking lugs, anda trip pivotally mounted on saidlever adapted to normally engage said locking member and hold it and thelocking lever both in looking engagement With said rotary member.

Signed at Oklahoma, in the county, and tate of Oklahoma, this 28 day ofJune,

1918. V i e JAMES H. SELLERS.

